From 015d5bdbb42cbae69f5d06412f2bad550b3cc845 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Charles Plessy Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 23:19:03 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Expand. --- tags/Oikopleura.mdwn | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tags/Oikopleura.mdwn b/tags/Oikopleura.mdwn index cd23cbc2..18545b27 100644 --- a/tags/Oikopleura.mdwn +++ b/tags/Oikopleura.mdwn @@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ Genome Transcriptome ------------- - - Some genes are organised in operons. A 5′ splice leader (SL) is found in some RNAs. + - O. dioica is the first chordate where gene operons have been described. A + 5′ splice leader (SL) bearing a trimethylated cap is found in some RNAs. The SL gene is found downstream of the 5S RNA gene, which is repeated multiple - times in the genome ([[Ganot et al., 2004|biblio/15314184]]). + times in the genome. The 3′ acceptor site has a strong UUU(C/U/A)AG consensus + ([[Ganot et al., 2004|biblio/15314184]]). - A study using CAGE found that 39% of annotated gene models are trans-spliced with the SL and that 42% of SL transcripts are monocistronic ([[Danks et al., 2015|biblio/25525214]]). - A `TCTAGA` promoter element is found in 73.5% of the non-trans-spliced genes detected with -- 2.47.3